subsume
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verb (used with object), sub·sumed, sub·sum·ing.
1.
to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
2.
to bring (a case, instance, etc.) under a rule.
3.
to take up into a more inclusive classification.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to incorporate (an idea, proposition, case, etc) under a comprehensive or inclusive classification or heading |
| 2. | to consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle |
| [C16: from New Latin subsumere, from Latin | |
| sub'sumable | |
| —adj | |
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Subsume
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
subsume
1530s, from Mod.L. subsumere "to take under," from L. sub "under" + sumere "to take."
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Example sentences
The summary's articulation is sufficiently broad to subsume the plaintiffs' more specific allegations.
We have no categories that are inclusive enough to subsume him.
Data networks will subsume voice networks, but the ghosts of telecom will live on in the underlying, invisible technology.
He has technique to burn, but he also has a chameleonlike ability to subsume himself in the music.
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